1.1 专业背景
MPH不限制本科背景，因为它本身有多个分支，所以欢迎多个专业的学生申请。常见的本科背景如下：
·公共卫生，公共管理（公卫方向），预防医学，临床医学，药学，生物学，生物统计，生物科技，神经科学，护理，自然科学等基础学科等
·具有一定医学背景或公卫经历的其它学科如数学，法学, 教育学，英语等
·管理学，经济学，统计，应用数学，计算机等
1.2 先修课要求
常见的先修课要求：
l 微积分
l 线性代数
l 概率与统计/统计课程
l Human biology类课程
1. 可以考虑通过修读二学位，辅修学位，参加美国暑校，或者修网课等方式弥补。常用网站：Coursera，Edx， MOOC，Udacity等
2. 国内的课程名与课程内容与国外不尽一致，有部分课程可能涵盖以下课程内容，比如高等数学涵盖微积分和线性代数，建议老师们与学生给予选课建议时与学生进行讨论后确定。
1.3 申请方式和申请Checklist
美国的公共卫生项目大部分是通过SOPHAS系统递交申请，也有部分院校是通过学校自己的网申系统来申请，如UC Davis和University of Washington的公共卫生项目。SOPHAS既Schools of Public Health Application Service，故名思义，就是帮助学生申请公卫专业的机构。
申请Checklist
Official transcripts from all schools attended(WES认证）
Official test scores – GRE/GMAT, TOEFL
Letters of recommendation (哥大的明确提出要提供官方邮箱提交推荐信）
Personal statement(有的学校需要PHS，UCB, Umich, UCI,UCD等)
Resume/CV
需注意：1. 国际生成绩单需要做WES认证，海本成绩单需要在Sophas系统录入（可以交费录入，也可以手动录入）；2. 送分和成绩单要求（SOPHAS或院校或both）；3. 截止日期：各个院校不一样。
1.4 背景提升
除了硬件成绩，建议在校期间或者在寒暑假期间参加一些相关的科研和实习，提升自己的申请竞争力。
科研：建议参与一些相关领域的科研如参与生物学，化学，神经科学，医学，药学领域的科研项目，进行数据收集，分析和处理，然后做出评估和预测等。可以通过参与校内实验室项目，国内外高校暑研项目， 科研所的实习等来提升自己的科研能力。
实习：
· 社区卫生服务机构，医院，医院传染科，预防保健科，感染科，疾病控制与预防中心，卫生监督局，防疫站等卫生机构
· NGO
· 咨询公司、证券公司、银行、保险公司等金融经济类公司，从事风险控制、市场调查等岗位；
· 医药研发公司、生物科技公司、医疗设备公司、统计局、环保局等机构从事数据调查和分析的岗位；
活动：
·相关的志愿者，暑期实践活动（例如设计问卷做调查，录入数据，处理数据，分析数据写报告等）
参加相关的实习，科研及活动除了提升自己的软实力背景以外，还能展现自己对公卫的兴趣和决心（公卫专业注重commitment）。
范例：
医院或者医疗机构
Beijing Cancer Hospital / Peking University Cancer Hospital 07/2013- 06/2015
§ Position: Chief Resident
- Made initial management plan; Did surgery, participated in department consultations;
- Conducted daily affairs for patients and communicated with patients and their families;
- Assumed teaching work for new resident doctors;
- Established standardization work process; Developed and designed the databank-based office software for chief resident and data Analysis based Performance Evaluation System;
- Formed the accepted work flow which improved utilization of beds by 15% and monthly operation quantity by 16.6%;
- Gained the title of excellent youth doctor;
- Participated in national academic conference and gave speeches on behalf of our department;
北京肿瘤医院 / 北京大学肿瘤医院
职位：总住院医师
-为患者制定初步诊疗计划,参与外科手术治疗,院内科室间会诊
-管理安排患者出入院、安排手术顺序等事务性工作
-年轻住院医师教学工作
-制定了标准化工作流程，并主导设计开发了基于数据库系统的工作软件，建立了基于数据分析的工作考核体系
-担任总住院医师期间，使得科室床位使用率较前提高15%，月均手术量提高16.6%。
-被评为院级优秀青年医生
-多次代表科室参加学术会议并发言
Volunteer May 2013 – June 2014
Care Extender Internship, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
· Co-worked with nurses and physicians for patient care in various departments (i.e., department of dialysis, department of oncology, emergency room)
· Observed healthcare professionals conducting various medical procedures (i.e., chest CT scan, suturing, fracture fixation)
· Collected data through communicating with patients for annual UCLA health system patient satisfaction survey
医药研发公司或者生物科技公司
MSD R&D Co., Ltd (known as Merck & Co., in the U.S), Beijing, CHN 06/2012 to present Position: Lead Clinical Data Manager 08/2015- present
·Ensure clinical data quality of 5 global clinical trials, including infectious disease and endocrine trials
·Serve as the leader of the global data operation team, including Senior Clinical Data Manager, Clinical Data Manager
·Accountable for all protocol level start-up, in-life and database lock tasks and activities performed by Clinical Data Managers
·Interact and communicate with internal and external stakeholders
·Design, validate, and approve data management tool specifications
·Execution of user acceptance testing of data management tools
·Present meetings materials based on business need and management decision
·Ensure global operational issues are identified
·Execute and ensure adherence to a metrics control plan and quality assessment indicators at the trial level.
·Coordinate the database lock preparation and monitoring of checks
·Execute staff training and mentoring, deliver programs to instruct staff regarding business processes
·Monitor for opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness and quality and implement changes
Position: Senior Clinical Data Manager 09/2014 - 08/2015
·Executed end to end data management activities related to 6-7 clinical trials
·Creation and review of data management tool specifications and tools
·Studied level status assessment
·Monitored protocol level cycle time performance
·Trained new staff through mentoring
·Maintained Tier 2 relationships between China Data Management Center and Accenture builders (programmer for data discrepancy report)
·Served as a member of the standard data discrepancy report development team
Yiyishen Biotechnology Co., Ltd Shanghai, China
Data Analyst Intern 07/2019 – 09/2019
上海益宜申生物科技有限公司 数据分析实习生
Part 1: Large-scale Image Data Processing
l Executed batch processing of large datasets of high-resolution images using customized scripts in ImageJ macros for automated noise reduction, pixel data extraction and image file rearrangement
lIntegrated, restructured dataset for easy access, manipulation, and filtering based on research requirements
l Produced frequency distribution histograms, quantile plots, time-based box plots to identify data anomalies, patterns and correlations, calculating mean, variance, and p-value in two-tailed test
Part 2: Large-scale 3D Image Data Processing
l Originated solution for analyzing brightness distribution in 3D images based on observations of dataset in Kurumi
lCreated heat maps in R to get planar images of grayscale dot matrix for each cross section of 3D images, to represent brightness with sum of gray intensity values in each planar image
lPerformed comparative analysis using plots with brightness as horizontal axis and cross-section-depth as vertical axis
lNormalized data to eliminate points out of analytical range; compared areas under curve among cross sections
校内实验室科研
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette 02/2017-05/2018
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Mentor: Prof. **
Research Project: Engineering Folate Receptor – Mediated Drug Using Solid Phase Synthesis
² Background:
·Elevated expression of the folate receptor occurred in many human malignancies, especially when associated with aggressively growing cancers;
·Folate receptors bound to folate and reduced folic acid derivatives mediates the delivery of tetrahydrofolate to the interior of cells;
·Folate receptors bound to extracellular folates with very high affinity, through an endocytic process, physically delivers them inside the cell for biological consumption.
² Responsibilities:
·Assisted Prof. ** in conducting a solid phase drug module synthesis experiment designed for FA-based SMDC (small-molecule drug conjugates);
·Gained hours of training on various fundamental biochemistry lab techniques and participated in a range of hands-on laboratory work;
·Involved in the chemical component of doctoral drug research and independently completed various solid phase synthesis used to synthetize the fragment-based drugs in development;
·Assisted in finishing a series of tasks, including PCR, electrophoresis, purifying DNA, and determining the concentration of DNA, etc.;
·Independently operated HPLC/LCMS for the separation and purification of substances and the determination of their molecular weights;
·Participated in Biology Honors Seminar, making presentations while writing my undergraduate research thesis;
·参与科研导师**的FA-based SMDC (small-molecule drug conjugates)设计项目，协助导师进行药物模块的合成实验；
·参加生化实验技能和知识的培训，提高了实验设备运用和动手能力
·独立完成多种固相合成，用于合成正在研发中的药物片段
·帮助完成一系列的实验操作包括PCR、电泳疗法、 DNA的提取和纯化，LCMS、HPLC
·独立操作HPLC/LCMS进行物质分离纯化和分子量的测定
·参与进行Biology Honor Seminar, 做PPT展示研究进展, 撰写biology honor thesis
Dr. Clare Hasenkampf’s lab at University of Toronto Lab Assistant, 04/2016-08/2017
Participated in a series of lab work including lab maintenance, DNA analysis, data recording, etc.
Studied the influence of two transcription factors BP and FIL on the DNA of Arabidopsis;
Collected abundant plant samples and performed DNA testing one by one;
Established and sorted the well-organized sample database;
Successfully completed the lab task of collecting, analyzing plenty of samples in limited time orderly and recording DNA phenotype;
实验室科研助理
主要负责实验室维护，DNA分析和数据记录等工作
研究两个transcription factorBP和FIL在植物Arabidopsis的DNA的作用
实验中需要采集大量植物的样本并进行逐个DNA检测
规划并整理了有序的样本库
在有限的时间里进行了大量但有条理的样本采集和DNAphenotype记录
University of Zhejiang, Life Science Institute, the Zhao Lab Hangzhou, China
Research intern 07/2017–09/2017
Involved in the research about molecular and cellular origin of organ size control in animals and the related abnormalities that leads to liver cancer
Performed cell culture, PCR, RT-PCR, electrophoresis, western-blot on mice liver cancer cells
Researched patterns of differentially expressed genes in Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (LIHC) patients with specific driver gene mutations for further experiment animal model genemanipulation
Completed three sets of differential gene analysis using heat maps
Downloaded RSEM data from TCGA database, filtered out patients with certain driver gene mutations, selected genes with large variance using R and imported the selected data into Genesis for heat map making
Performed median-center normalization for both samples and genes and average linkage hierarchical clustering on heat map and found out any other concurring mutations on patients for crossing analysis
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